Honduras 1-2 Ecuador

Ecuador beat Honduras 2-1 in a lively match in Curitiba to stay in contention for a place in the last 16

Date: June 20, 2014

Result: Honduras 1-2 Ecuador

Scorers:

Honduras: Costly 31

Ecuador: E Valencia 34, 65

Venue: Arena de Baixada, Curitiba

Match overview: This World Cup keeps on producing exciting matches, Ecuador still have a chance of reaching the second round after winner a lively encounter against Honduras in Curitiba. Enner Valencia gave Ecuador the cutting edge they needed while Honduras twice had goals disallowed for offside.

Key moment: Three minutes before Ecuador’s second goal, Honduras had a goal disallowed, with Costly offside when he played in Bengtson. It was the second time in the game that the Hondurans had had a goal ruled out.

Man of the match: Enner Valencia gave Ecuador the cutting edge to win a close contest. He shot wide early on but scored a poacher’s goal for Ecuador’s first and put them into the lead for a second time with a header from a free-kick delivered by his namesack Antonio.

Matter of fact: Enner Valencia has now scored in each of his last six appearances for Ecuador.

Talking point: Ecuador are still in contention for the second round after this win, but they face group leaders Colombia in their final group game. Honduras are now all but out.

Stats:

Goal attempts

Honduras 13

Ecuador 10

On target

Honduras 5

Ecuador 5

Corners

Honduras 4

Ecuador 12

Line-ups:

Honduras:

18 Valladares

3 Figueroa

5 Bernardez

7 Izaguirre (Garcia 46)

11 Bengtson

13 Costly

14 Boniek (Chavez 83)

15 Espinoza

19 Garrido (Martinez 71)

20 Claros

21 Beckeles

Ecuador:

22 Dominguez

2 Guagua

3 Erazo

4 Paredes

6 Noboa

7 Montero (Achilier 90)

10 W Ayovi

11 Caicedo (Mendez 82)

13 E Valencia

14 Minda (Grueza 83)

16 Valencia

Yellow cards:

Honduras:

Bernardez 7, Bengtson 45

Ecuador:

E Valencia 57, A Valencia 73, Montero 81

Referee: Benjamin Williams (Australia)

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